Homotopy theory, and change of base for groupoids and multiple groupoids

Applied Categorical Structures

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 175-193

  Brown, Ronald ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double groupoid; Groupoid; Homotopy theory; Hurewicz theorems; Induced crossed modules; Van Kampen theorems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000483988     PISSN: 09272852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00122251     Document Type: Article

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